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Prime Minister Antonio Costa's ruling party commands 38%
support, according to the survey by the Catolica University
published late on Friday by the newspaper Publico and the RTP
state TV channel. That represents a drop of just one percentage
point from an earlier poll published on Nov. 5.
The centre-right Social Democrats have risen to 32% support,
from 30% in Catolica's previous survey, a trend that's in line
with another recent poll.
Costa's two former allies - the Communist-Greens alliance and
Left Bloc - garnered 6% each, the new poll found. In October,
these two left-wing parties sided with right-wing parties to
reject the minority government's budget bill, triggering the
snap election.
The Liberal Initiative and the far-right Chega, which currently
have only one member of parliament apiece, could win 5% apiece
of the vote, according to the poll.
Political analysts say the Jan. 30 election alone might not
solve Portugal's political impasse as no party or workable
alliance is likely to achieve a stable majority, potentially
undermining the country's ability to spur growth using European
pandemic recovery funds.
The Socialists won 36.3% of the vote in the 2019 election, ahead
of the 28% secured by the Social Democrats.
The margin of error in the Catolica University poll, which
surveyed 1,238 people between Dec. 28 and Jan. 5, was 2.8%.
(Reporting Sergio Goncalves, Graham Keeley; Editing by Pravin
Char)
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